Today we talk about Boston Brand, best known as Deadman, who was an acrobat but then he died and became a ghost who helps to fight crime by possessing people.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Deadman Collection (1960's-1980's)
-Deadman (1985)
-Deadman (1986)
-Deadman: Love After Death (1989)
-Deadman: Exorcism (1992)
-Deadman (2001)
-Deadman: Dead Again (2001)
-Deadman (2006)
-Blackest Night (2009) & Brightest Day (2010) reading orders
-Justice League Dark (2011)
-Secret Origins (2014) #6
-Deadman: Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love (2016)
-Trinity (2016) #12-15
-Deadman (2017)
-Justice League Dark (2018)

-Red Hood: Outlaws ep. 18 Opposite Day

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Today we talk about Madame Xanadu, who has also been known as Nimue Inwudu. She's a psychic and a magic user who frequently helps people solve supernatural problems.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Doorway to Nightmare (1978)
-DC Comics Presents (1978) #65
-The Spectre (1987)
-Suicide Squad (1987) #8
-Hellblazer (1988): The Devil You Know (contains Annual #1)
-The War of the Gods (1991)
-The Spectre (1992)
-Day of Vengeance (2005)
-Countdown (2007) #50
-Madame Xanadu (2008)
-Demon Knights (2011)
-Justice League Dark (2011)
-I, Vampire (2011) #6-8
-Trinity War (2013) reading order
-The Demon: Hell is Earth (2017)
-Justice League Dark (2018)
-Hawkman (2018) #9-12
-Justice League (2018) #40-43, 72-74

-Sabretooth (2022)

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Today we talk about Vic Sage, best known as The Question, a guy who covers his face with fake skin who has followed wildly differing philosophies over his iterations, but over all of them he does a lot of violence.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Watchmen (1986)
-Blue Beetle (1986) #5-7
-The Question (1986)
-L.A.W. Living Assault Weapons (1999)
-Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood (2000)
-The Question (2005)
-52 (2006)
-Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns (2010)
-Justice League: Trinity War (2013)
-New Suicide Squad (2014)
-Convergence: The Question (2015)
-The Question: Deaths of Vic Sage (2019)
-Lois Lane (2019) #3-4
-Event Leviathan (2019)
-Checkmate (2021)

-Constantine: Distorted Illusions
-The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special (2022) #1
-Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021) #17 textless cover
-Fantastic Four (2022) #1
-Adversary by Blue Delliquanti Print, Digital
-How to Break a Curse by Mapurl Kumoricon (currently unavailable)

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Today we talk about The Spectre, who, despite starting as the ghost of Jim Corrigan, has been several different human men possessed by the spirit of (the christian god's) holy vengeance, as well as a pretty literal deus ex machina.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Golden Age Spectre Archives vol. 1
-Showcase Presents: The Spectre
-All-Star Comics Archives Collections
-The Spectre (1967)
-Wrath of the Spectre (1974)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) reading order
-The Spectre (1987)
-The Spectre (1992)
-Zero Hour (1994) reading order
-Day of Judgment (1999) reading order
-Legends of the DC Universe (1997) #33-36
-Day of Vengeance (2005)
-Gotham Central (2002) #38
-Infinite Crisis (2005) #4
-Infinite Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre (2006)
-Tales of the Unexpected (2006)
-Final Crisis: Revelations (2008)
-Blackest Night (2009) reading order
-Brightest Day (2010) reading order
-Justice League of America (2006) #54-59
-The Phantom Stranger (2012) #0, #5
-Gotham by Midnight (2014)
-Detective Comics (2016) #1007

-Star Trek: Lower Decks (2022)
-Fantastic Four (2022) #1
-Secret Invasion (2022) #1

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Today we talk about The Phantom Stranger, who has many possible identities and backstories, but he's been cursed, somehow, to walk the Earth and cryptically help solve problems without getting fully involved.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Phantom Stranger Omnibus
-The Phantom Stranger (1969)
-Justice League of America (1960) #103
-The Brave and the Bold (1955) #89
-Secret Origins (1986) #10
-The Phantom Stranger (1987)
-The Books of Magic (1990)
-Vertigo Visions: The Phantom Stranger (1993) #1
-Day of Vengeance (2005)
-Blackest Night (2010): Phantom Stranger
-The Phantom Stranger (2012)
-Wonder Woman (2016) #758
-Swamp Thing (2019 TV Show)

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Today we talk about Bizarro, who is usually a failed clone of Superman who always says and does the opposite of what he means. He's made his own Bizarro World, been a nuisance to multiple heroes, and joined Red Hood's Outlaws.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Superman in the Fifties (Includes Action Comics (1938) #254-255)
-Showcase Presents: Superman vol. 2 (Includes Action Comics (1938) #263-264 and Superman (1939) #140)
-Superman: Tales of Bizarro World (Adventure Comics (1938) #285-299 features)
-Superman (1939) #305-306
-DC Comics Presents (1978) #97
-Superman (1986) #88
-Superman: Emperor Joker
-Superman: Escape from Bizarro World
-Forever Evil (2013)
-Red Hood and the Outlaws (2016)

-DC's Terrors Through Time (2022) #1
-Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania trailer

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Today we talk about Starro, a big starfish-shaped creature from outer space who keeps trying to take over Earth.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Brave and the Bold (1955) #28
-Justice League of America (1960) #189-190
-JLA (1996) #22-23 -Teen Titans (2003) #51-54
-Booster Gold (2007) #14-15
-R.E.B.E.L.S. (2009)
-Justice League: No Justice (2018)
-Justice League (2018) #10
-Justice League (2018) #29

-Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
-Werewolf by Night on Disney+

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Today we talk about Quentin Beck, best known as Mysterio, who is a guy with a lot of skills that make him very good at gaslighting Spider-Man, and Daredevil that one time.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #13
-Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) #1
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #24
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #66-67
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #141-142
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #198-199
-Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #50-51
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #311
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #335-339
-Daredevil: Guardian Devil (1999)
-Spider-Man/Black Cat: Evil That Men Do (2002)
-Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2005) #11-13
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #618-620
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #659-660
-Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider (2017) #9-14, 25
-Dead Man Logan (2018) #1-5
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #24-25
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #70-71, 74
-Sinister War (2021) #1

-Red Hood: Outlaws webtoon
-Batman: Wayne Family Adventures webtoon
-Battle of the Super-Sons clip

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Today we talk about Eclipso, who has gone from a scientist who accidentally became evil for a bit, to a manifestation of the Wrath of Christian God, to a powerful being from Gem World. He possesses people with black diamonds and anger.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-House of Secrets (1956) #61-80
-Eclipso: The Darkness Within (1992) reading order
-Eclipso (1992)
-Spectre (1992) #14-18
-JSA (1999) #46-52, 56-58, 73-75
-Action Comics (1938) #826, Adventures of Superman (1987) #639, Superman (1986) #216
-Day of Vengeance (2005)
-52 (2006) #27
-Blue Beetle (2006) #16
-Countdown to Mystery (2007)
-Brightest Day (2010) #7
-Justice League of America (2006) #54-59
-Team 7 (2012) #1-4
-Sword of Sorcery (2012) #6-9
-Justice League Dark (2011) #23.2
-Justice League vs. Suicide Squad (2016) #4-6
-Justice League Dark (2018) #15-19
-The Flash (2016) #775-779

-Black Panther, Wakanda Forever trailer

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Today we talk about Abigail Brand, the morally-grey half-unknown alien-half-human mutant pyrokinetic commander of S.W.O.R.D. who is truly a woman of many mysteries.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Astonishing X-Men (2004)
-Secret Invasion (2008)
-Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? (2008) #1
-S.W.O.R.D. (2009)
-Spider-Woman (2009) #1
-Uncanny X-Men (2011) #1
-Avengers vs X-Men: Consequences (2012) #4
-X-Men: Legacy (2012) #19-#24
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2015) #8
-Captain Marvel (2016)
-The Mighty Captain Marvel (2017)
-Captain Marvel (2019) #10
-X-Force (2019) #11
-Empyre: Aftermath Avengers (2020) #1
-S.W.O.R.D. (2020)

-New Mutants (2019) #30
-Cable (2020)
-Dead Boy Detectives (2014)
-ShortBox Comics Fair

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